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TIL in four boroughs of New York City, excluding Staten Island, there has been a 25 to 35 percent reduction in alcohol-related car accidents since Uber came to town in 2011.

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6PM7 TIL the Mars Opportunity rover, whose mission was planned to go for approximately 91 days, is still traveling across the Red Planet, having surpassed its duration of activity by 9 years and 94 days.
oBOoR TIL, when disco died out, The Village People tried to remake themselves into a New Wave band. Their new album climbed no higher than 138 on the Billboard 200.
OoWMR TIL Apples, potatoes, and other produce can be and are often stored for up to a year before they are shipped to stores.
Alpl TIL there is a beverage in developement that will contain every known essential nutrient for the body, eliminating the need to eat.
Oy61 TIL in the 1970s, Japanese teenage girls developed such excessively cute handwriting that it was banned in schools due to illegibility.